chance my finalized list

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>-GA resident, male
-Ethnicity: mixed Hispanic (Spanish) and Asian (Filipino)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish
-Weighted GPA: 4.14
-school doesn't rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I'm a would-be valedictorian.</p>

<p>SAT I's
Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710</p>

<p>SAT II's
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710</p>

<p>AP scores:
US Gov and Politics: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng. Lang: 5</p>

<p>Senior Load
1. AP Calculus BC
2. AP Statistics (is it true stats is not really math, but is more like reading?)
3. AP Biology
4. AP Physics C
5. H British Literature
6. Economics (I wish my school offered AP.)</p>

<p>-school doesn't offer honors classes, but mentions "due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors" in school description.</p>

<p>My only B's have been graphic design freshman year, AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this), and a mandatory composition class at our school this summer? I got straight A's junior year.</p>

<p>-will mention Math, Economics, and Chemistry respectively as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice majors. I want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager when I grow up.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Boy Scouts
-Eagle Scout (just did my board of review). My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade, Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects
-raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-completed trek 34, the hardest trek Philmont has to offer (Only 5 crews this entire summer out of the 1000+ that come to Philmont did trek 34).</p>

<p>Tennis (all 4 years)
-private lesons
-varsity tennis</p>

<p>Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12)</p>

<p>I founded and am president of our school's food critic club. We go to restaurants about once a month and write critiques about them, which are published in the school newspaper. I'm trying to see if we can get published in the Zagat Survey.</p>

<p>Trumpet
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school's open house 10th grade</p>

<p>Piano for 11 years
-invited to play at several concerts</p>

<p>Young Republicans (should i say this? i know prestigious colleges are very liberal?)
-Vice President in club
-Raised money every year for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (don't know exact amount, club's teacher sponsor can tell us).
-campaigned for McCain for president, and Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson for U.S. Senate</p>

<p>Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
I also volunteer at the library during the summer.
-I'm almost certain my PSAT score will qualify me for semifinalist standing in the NMS search. I didn't fill out Hispanic in the ethnicity section (didn't know about it at the time), so I wont get National Hispanic Recognition Program Honors.</p>

<p>Recommendations: I know several teachers at my school who like me and will probably write well about me.
Essay: 1) talk about high adventure programs in Boy Scouts
2) talk about how certain adversity in a trumpet competition didn't kill my trumpet passions. </p>

<p>My list:
Brown
UChicago
Duke
GaTech
Harvard
Northwestern
MIT
UPenn (Wharton)
Princeton
Rice
Stanford
WashUSTL
Yale</p>

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<p>Oh, and MIT, UCHicago, and GA Tech are EA.</p>

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<p>If you claim Hispanic, you have good chances at all. </p>

<p>Low Reach - Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale
High Match - Wharton, MIT
Match - Chicago, Brown
Low Match - Duke, Northwestern, Rice, WashU
In - Georgia Tech</p>

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<p>bump…10 char</p>

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<p>Hispanics are a big URM. Your chances improve significantly if only because of this. But that’s not the case, since you showcase a strong array of ECs (if a bit too numerous…limit your resume to what really counts) and quite good test scores and academics (I only say “quite good” because of the swarm of incredible applicants on CC, otherwise, they’re exceptionally good). I’d stay back from expressing your political viewpoints though. While it wouldn’t kill you, it could hurt your chances.</p>

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<p>No, hispanics get the smallest boost of any of the URM categories.</p>

<p>It would be unusual for a student who sees himself as hispanic not to have checked that box on the PSAT, so you’ll find most mixed race kids who are given the boost have identified with the race enough to check the box. Also note that hispanic designation, as used by colleges, are hispanics from Mexico, Central America and PR, as these groups are sinificant in the US population and underrepresented at top colleges.</p>

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<p>Being Hispanic helps. I like the dedication to playing the trumpet, focus on that. In fact, focus on that more than the eagle scouts, since many other people are eagle scouts. And you should keep the info about being a member of the Young Republicans. Although most colleges, particularly the Ivies, are more liberal, being a member of that committee shows dedication to a cause. The food critic club is very interesting and unusual, so I would also try to put some emphasis on that. However, your test scores and class load do show lopsidedness towards mathematics.</p>

<p>Match: GA tech, WashUSTL, Northwestern, Duke
High match: Brown, UChicago, Penn (regular)
Low reach: Rice
Reach: Harvard, MIT, UPenn (Wharton), Princeton, Stanford, Yale</p>

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<p>^Your estimate seems skewed. Who has a better chance at Penn CAS, Brown, Chicago and Duke than Rice?</p>

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<p>@cucumber1. I think your high match and low reach estimates may be mixed up, as I agree with billabongboy9828.</p>

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<p>bump…do you think cucumber 1’s estimates for high match and low reach are mixed up.</p>